We can steal the term "neo-retro"; there are parallels in P-n-P gaming and console gaming.
http://uhluhtcawakens.blogspot.com/2008/11/we-can-steal-term-neo-retro-there-are.html
A Farewell to Hexes (an essay on wargames by Greg Costikyan)
http://www.costik.com/spisins.html
A History of Role-Playing (fairly extensive through '99)
http://ptgptb.org/0001/history1.html
